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Google Chrome OS almost stable and ready

50 points by johnwestawski 15y ago

y0ghur7_xxx 15y ago
Am I the only one that thinks this will be the biggest spyware since BonziBUDDY? Googles business is logging data about you and sell targeted ads. I am not sure I am ready to hand over my os to them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBUDDY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBUDDY
- JonoW 15y ago
  Tin-foil hats at the ready!
  - sp332 15y ago
    A major PR firm is actually starting a campaign against Google. Might want to buy futures in tin foil :) http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2011-05-06-google_n.htm http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2011-05-06-google_n.htm
MatthewPhillips 15y ago
I'm really looking forward to what new Chrome OS goodies will be announced at I/O. What ever happened to the "start button" they showed off (in the top left corner) some time last year? Seemed like a good way to launch apps, much better than the scroll down method we currently suffer through. A ChromeOS tablet would be a dream but we're probably too early for that. I'm just hopeful that whatever notebooks get put out have the horsepower to smoothly render pages that the CR48 chokes on.
hessenwolf 15y ago
Bababababababa... WHO CARES? Why not brand it Android Full and just add a couple of features? Wtf do I want to spend time learning another operating system for, when I know it is just another skin on linux? I like android; I use it all day on my mini-computer galaxy s.
peregrine 15y ago
My CR-48 dev build is coming together nicely. Many of the rough edges have been buffed out(File Manager/SD Cards, SSH issues). Its been my main driver here since I've received it and the only things that don't work are CPU intensive things like Flash/JS or HD video. But the SD stuff looks just fine and runs well. SSH doesn't handle dropped connections gracefully and the SSH is(was?) 8bit colors and I wish it was higher. Regardless of those issues I love the simplicity of it and the utility(battery life is outstanding) and the quickness of it(open the lid and go). With a simple ssh terminal I can do all of my coding.
- Tyrannosaurs 15y ago
  Problems with Flash you say? I'm shocked I tell you, shocked...
  - RexRollman 15y ago
    That's why I installed Flashblock on my CR48.
rakkhi 15y ago
I had great hopes for Chrome OS... that was before I actually used it. It is literally just a browser. After using the iPad and I'm assuming Android 3.0 is just as good if not better. Does the world really need Chrome? If I'm going to have a notebook, desktop or server I will run Ubuntu, any other flavor of Linux, OS X or Windows. On a smartphone or tablet iOS and Android, maybe Web-OS, QT, whatever Windows 8 will be if they ever get their act together. Has the time for Chrome OS passed before it ever arrived? Blog post of my experience with Ubuntu and Chrome OS if interested: http://www.rakkhis.com/2010/07/preparing-for-chrome-living-without.html http://www.rakkhis.com/2010/07/preparing-for-chrome-living-w...
- maxwell 15y ago
  I think it's actually ahead of its time. The browser has already won; we're just waiting on perf and app maturity for the "last mile" of web apps (games, audio/video editors, industry-specific software (e.g. POS/PMS in hospitality), full offline access). The recent resurgence of native apps is just mobile growing up; 10 years ago, there were still B&W displays on "PDAs"... Chrome OS gets the balance between local and cloud right, with 1 click extension installation/uninstallation, a minimal file system to facilitate downloading/uploading, and a very clean interface. In just a few years, and despite low marketshare, Chrome already sets the pace, as Firefox's new interface and release cycle give witness to. Regular people are actually ahead of the curve: for personal stuff, they already only use web apps. When they can get their work done on the web too, they'll wonder why they'd need anything other than "just a browser".
  - rakkhi 15y ago
    You could be right and I do 95% of my tasks in a browser. I just found that I do not want an OS without the other 5% e.g. gaming (unless something like Onlive really takes off), offline access and performance (unless HTML5 delivers), peripherals like scanning and printing (unless you get devices that can scan and print to email), downloading photos from a camera (same can email?). Native applications on an iPad for example are so much better than the mobile web versions, again unless HTML5 delivers. So there are a lot of "unless if's" in there, if I was a betting man I would not bet on Chrome OS.

50 points by johnwestawski 15y ago

Am I the only one that thinks this will be the biggest spyware since BonziBUDDY? Googles business is logging data about you and sell targeted ads. I am not sure I am ready to hand over my os to them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBUDDY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBUDDY

JonoW 15y ago
Tin-foil hats at the ready!
- sp332 15y ago
  A major PR firm is actually starting a campaign against Google. Might want to buy futures in tin foil :) http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2011-05-06-google_n.htm http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2011-05-06-google_n.htm

MatthewPhillips 15y ago

I'm really looking forward to what new Chrome OS goodies will be announced at I/O. What ever happened to the "start button" they showed off (in the top left corner) some time last year? Seemed like a good way to launch apps, much better than the scroll down method we currently suffer through. A ChromeOS tablet would be a dream but we're probably too early for that. I'm just hopeful that whatever notebooks get put out have the horsepower to smoothly render pages that the CR48 chokes on.

hessenwolf 15y ago

Bababababababa... WHO CARES? Why not brand it Android Full and just add a couple of features? Wtf do I want to spend time learning another operating system for, when I know it is just another skin on linux? I like android; I use it all day on my mini-computer galaxy s.

peregrine 15y ago

My CR-48 dev build is coming together nicely. Many of the rough edges have been buffed out(File Manager/SD Cards, SSH issues). Its been my main driver here since I've received it and the only things that don't work are CPU intensive things like Flash/JS or HD video. But the SD stuff looks just fine and runs well. SSH doesn't handle dropped connections gracefully and the SSH is(was?) 8bit colors and I wish it was higher. Regardless of those issues I love the simplicity of it and the utility(battery life is outstanding) and the quickness of it(open the lid and go). With a simple ssh terminal I can do all of my coding.

Tyrannosaurs 15y ago
Problems with Flash you say? I'm shocked I tell you, shocked...
- RexRollman 15y ago
  That's why I installed Flashblock on my CR48.

rakkhi 15y ago

I had great hopes for Chrome OS... that was before I actually used it. It is literally just a browser. After using the iPad and I'm assuming Android 3.0 is just as good if not better. Does the world really need Chrome? If I'm going to have a notebook, desktop or server I will run Ubuntu, any other flavor of Linux, OS X or Windows. On a smartphone or tablet iOS and Android, maybe Web-OS, QT, whatever Windows 8 will be if they ever get their act together. Has the time for Chrome OS passed before it ever arrived? Blog post of my experience with Ubuntu and Chrome OS if interested: http://www.rakkhis.com/2010/07/preparing-for-chrome-living-without.html http://www.rakkhis.com/2010/07/preparing-for-chrome-living-w...

maxwell 15y ago
I think it's actually ahead of its time. The browser has already won; we're just waiting on perf and app maturity for the "last mile" of web apps (games, audio/video editors, industry-specific software (e.g. POS/PMS in hospitality), full offline access). The recent resurgence of native apps is just mobile growing up; 10 years ago, there were still B&W displays on "PDAs"... Chrome OS gets the balance between local and cloud right, with 1 click extension installation/uninstallation, a minimal file system to facilitate downloading/uploading, and a very clean interface. In just a few years, and despite low marketshare, Chrome already sets the pace, as Firefox's new interface and release cycle give witness to. Regular people are actually ahead of the curve: for personal stuff, they already only use web apps. When they can get their work done on the web too, they'll wonder why they'd need anything other than "just a browser".
- rakkhi 15y ago
  You could be right and I do 95% of my tasks in a browser. I just found that I do not want an OS without the other 5% e.g. gaming (unless something like Onlive really takes off), offline access and performance (unless HTML5 delivers), peripherals like scanning and printing (unless you get devices that can scan and print to email), downloading photos from a camera (same can email?). Native applications on an iPad for example are so much better than the mobile web versions, again unless HTML5 delivers. So there are a lot of "unless if's" in there, if I was a betting man I would not bet on Chrome OS.